| Description | Commonplace book, inscribed as "Presented by Two Sincere Friends" on the title page and intialled M.A.R. Contains poetry in several hands, some entries signed or initialled and dated. William St Clair notes at the front of the volume that the paper is watermarked 1828, but the entries range in date from 1832 to 1865. Some pages appear to have held loose items that have fallen out. |